ts2xml reads mpegts file from stdin and dumps it as special XML file containing packets with their headers.
ts2xml is stateful: it reads PATs and PMTs and remembers how PIDs should be handled.
Example of resulting XML file:
<ts2xml>
<packet>
<payload_unit_start/>
<pid>0x0</pid>
<program_association_table>
<section_length>13</section_length>
<transport_stream_ID>1</transport_stream_ID>
<version_number>0</version_number>
<program>
<program_num>1</program_num>
<program_pid>0x1000</program_pid>
</program>
</program_association_table>
</packet>
<packet>
<payload_unit_start/>
<pid>0x1000</pid>
<program_map_table>
<section_length>23</section_length>
<program_num>1</program_num>
<version_number>0</version_number>
<general_timecode_stream_PID>0x100</general_timecode_stream_PI
<stream>
<stream_type>0x1b</stream_type>
<elementary_pid>0x100</elementary_pid>
</stream>
<stream>
<stream_type>0xf</stream_type>
<elementary_pid>0x101</elementary_pid>
</stream>
</program_map_table>
</packet>
<packet>
<payload_unit_start/>
<pid>0x100</pid>
<adaptation_field>
<random_access/>
<program_clock_reference>0.7</program_clock_reference>
</adaptation_field>
<elementary_stream_packet>
<stream_type>mpeg_video_0</stream_type>
<packet_length>6233</packet_length>
<presentation_timestamp>1.4</presentation_timestamp>
<data>0000000109f000000001674d400d92420283f6022000000c800002ed
</elementary_stream_packet>
</packet>
<packet>
<pid>0x100</pid>
<elementary_stream_packet_continue>
<data>63e1537ea562e18bead16ab34ee33af6f2d9ef7a6ef856cd54fb2b8f
</elementary_stream_packet_continue>
</packet>
The primary use cases of the tool are:
- Learning about MpegTS and PES formats
- Debugging issues with MpegTS
Example invocation (extract raw stream of pid 0x100 to file):
./ts2xml.py < q.ts | xml2 | grep 'packet/pid\|/data=' | grep -A 1 '/pid=0x100' | grep 'data=' | cut -f 2- -d= | tr -d '\n' | xxd -r -p | pv > q.raw
xml2ts should follow someday.
For mkv2xml and xml2mkv see https://github.com/vi/mkvparse